Bose SLIII works in focal ubuntu but fails in focal lubuntu

[gregrwm]

Fails in focal lubuntu:  1779384320 2020-03-14 Sat 11:49:43 lubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.iso

Works in focal ubuntu:  2810314752 2020-04-01 Wed 11:10:05 ubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.iso

The success in ubuntu but failure in lubuntu can be reproduced by merely booting the above live ISOs and installing blueman-manager into the live systems.

i'm guessing this is a dependency issue that only manifests in lubuntu.

in lubuntu the Bose SLIII appears in blueman-manager in response to adapter search, and when i rightclick onit and click pair, the 3 bar graphs appear momentarily, then disappear again, and thereafter "pair" is greyed out on the rightclick menu.  i guess that means it paired properly.  Then when i rightclick and choose connect, blueman-manager says "Connection Failed: Resource temporarily unavailable", and the SLIII fails to appear in pavucontrol.

To avoid confusion you may as well skip reading comments 6 through 10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu20
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 20 19:53:54 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-15 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200314)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/20/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: J9ETA2WW (2.28 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20C6008SUS
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 0B98401 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrJ9ETA2WW(2.28):bd06/20/2018:svnLENOVO:pn20C6008SUS:pvrThinkPadEdgeE540:rvnLENOVO:rn20C6008SUS:rvr0B98401WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad Edge E540
dmi.product.name: 20C6008SUS
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20C6_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad Edge E540
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge E540
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Could you report that upstream on https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/ ?

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

done: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/issues/830

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks!

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

i installed from this lubuntu iso:

1779384320 2020-03-14 Sat 11:49:43 lubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.iso

i just booted up that iso again, installed blueman and pavucontrol-qt into the live system, and it fails as above. my installed system is fully updated and also still fails as above.

so then i downloaded the ubuntu iso:

2810314752 2020-04-01 Wed 11:10:05 ubuntu/focal-desktop-amd64.iso

it's a little more recent, which could be the difference, but my bet is the difference is it has more/different packages. it works.

so this issue should be re-titled 'regression: bose sl iii works in bionic lubuntu, and in focal ubuntu, but fails in focal lubuntu'

and i'm guessing it's a dependency issue.

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

better description of failure: Bose SLIII appears in blueman-manager in response to adapter search, but pair fails.

as noted above, this works properly in focal ubuntu, and fails in focal lubuntu. this can be reproduced by merely booting the focal ubuntu and lubuntu live ISOs and installing blueman-manager into the live systems.

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

better description of failure: Bose SLIII appears in blueman-manager in response to adapter search, but pair fails.

as noted above, this works properly in focal ubuntu, and fails in focal lubuntu. this can be reproduced by merely booting the focal ubuntu and lubuntu live ISOs and installing blueman-manager into the live systems.

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

Sorry, that wasn't a better description. When i rightclick on the Bose SLIII and click pair, the 3 bar graphs appear momentarily, then disappear again, and thereafter "pair" is greyed out on the rightclick menu. i guess that means it did pair properly. But doesn't appear in pavucontrol.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Please change the description to be whatever you want. Just click on the yellow pencil icon at the top of this page.

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

the title is fine, i was referring to comment 7

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

when i rightclick and choose connect, blueman-manager says "Connection Failed: Resource temporarily unavailable"

[gregrwm (gregrwm)]

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/issues/830#note_455172
says
PulseAudio isn't involved in the "connect" operation, PulseAudio only enters the picture once the device has been connected. If connecting fails, then this doesn't look like a PulseAudio bug.